Artificial bait



p 1930. B. HUNTINGTON 1,774,976

ARTIFICIAL BAIT 7 Filed March 24. 1928 INI/ENTOR' /TTO EY.

PatentedSgptZ, 1930 i H j i 1 I LEVIN B. HUNTINGTON, oF'ANNaPo Is,iVinRYLAnn] r I u AETIFI C IALB A IT I {Avian eaten"medium-ch 1 :45:19,281 seer$0,264,5 4. f I i 1 Thisfinvention relates to artificial fish baitsfl inWardly fromithe point'b to the rear 'en'dgof or luresand more particularly tojan improvethe tail portion 41 Thelongitudinal' curvar Inent upon the typeof such device as disclosed 'ture' of the body rearwardly fror'nthe greatest in Letters Patent No; 1l60,905 "granted tome, depth [a of theconcavity therein diminishes on July 3, 19235 and not-only embodies the with an-increasing rapidityto its point-oficonobjects and'advantages' present' inflthe device 'nect'ionc Withthe tail'portion e while the disclosed: byFthe aforementioned"patentybut transverse curvature oftheeoncav'ed side-"of I provides'a devi e of'this'charaeter wherein the :body decreases more-gradually from the a the hook inay'be readily attachedto; or ldepoint of greatest-depth a thereof, and prac- .10 tached frjon'i the-spoon,ltherebypermitting tically disappears, ornarlyjso, the en-dof {60 V thereplacernentof the hook or spoonshould the tail portion 4. f 3 o either one of same be brokenor'darnaged, -v The "spoon is providedfat its longitudinal Aliother'obje'ctof the'inyentionfisto procenter Iandintermediate its ends; WithYan vide; ina manner'as hereinafter set forth, a opening'b; preferably of polygfonal contour.

- deyice'ofthe aforementioned character' wher'e- At on'es'ide Off the longitudinal {center offthe 6 :inhooksiof different sizes and-types may be spoon it isja'lsoiproyi'ded' with an open'ingj6,-- use d with the same spoon} f 3 v preferably o-fpolygonaloontour, which ex- 1 further'object of theinventionis to pro: tends forwardly ofthe opening 5 and is-10f, I ides'uch a device which is simplein construe; qgi 'e'ater length than the latter.;- The openings "vtionfelfioient in its use, and 'which'inay be ,{5 and 6- cornnni'ni'catewith theother at the "manufactured at low costh j I innersides thereofi'the arrangement being yOther objects'and"advantages of thezin the cuttingaw'ay ofjthe' rearpart of the'inyentionwillbefapparentfrom a study oflthe 'ner'sidei'wall "of-opening-fi' an'dthe forward a 1 following;specification, taken in connection part of the inner side Wall, of opening 5, under" ith-the accompanying'drawings in which such eonditionsithe remaining part ofthe'in like" reference characters [desi'gnate corre-' ner'side Wall} ofopening 6 ill'project for sponding parts throughoutthe several Views. 'Wardlyof'the for-Wardend wall of 0pening'5," lln'the'drawings'f E andther'emaining portion of the inner side Figure-1 is a longitudinalsection ofan' ar- Wall of opening5 fwillgex tend -.rearwardly a: tificial bait in accord'ancewith this invention. from the rear end wall of opening 6 andiprof -=I*7igure"'-2"is atop plan View of the same. Vide an abutment fora purpose to be present- -Figure 3 is*a bottom plan VilGW. 1y referredto. J 3 FigureAC is aperspectiveview ofthe spoon. The spoon is also provided, medially of the Figure 5'is a'perspecti veiview of the preportion-owith a longitudinally extending-slot I 3 'ferred form of hook to be' attached to the or opening 7 of sufficient widthfto pennitthe spoon. a I l 7' 7 passage of the 'shank 8 of afiexible spring --Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the hook19 which is curvedzin a forward direction body-portion of a lure or bait spoon, preferover the outer surface of the rearwardlyctaably of sheet, metal havinganopening 2 at pering curvedportion of the spoon 1, and its forward I end for the passage of a ring 3 rests under tension on the longitudinal center for the purpose of attaching a,fishin'g line thereof when said hook is secured on the thereto; 'Thespoon 1 has the general outline spoon, 'At a point forwardly of the curved of the handle portion of atable spoon and is portion of theohook9, the shank 8 is flattened, 7 otherwise concave-convex in formwiththe said flattened portion"terminating at itsfor 1 greatest depth of the coneavityslightly in-i ward end in a right angularly ,disposedpro 1. 1

ward frornthe forward end 'of'the same; as at, tu'beranee 10 having a tapered: turnedibaek v aQ'an'd graduallyiless'ening in depth rearwardlnose l1 'ofless length than protuherance l0; y

' "1y o f-thegbody to'the'end'of the tail portion 4, The. prOtuberanceQIO and nose '11 comprise: 7 Where the jeurvature'is practicallyniL The latching'means adapted to engage the spoon 'opposite'side edges 'of the body'aretapered for the purpose'of securing the hoolgther-eom Itis thought that the many advantages of an artificial bait constructedin accordance The manner of mounting the hook on the spoon is as follows:

The protuberance the shank 8 is slid therethrough until the fiat portion of same has passed through said slot. The shank 8 is then directed forwardly in such manner that the parts and 11 register with the opening 6 in the spoon. Pressure is. then exerted upon the forward end of the shank 8 for the purpose of flexing same and projecting the :latching means upwardly 7 through the opening 6 until the free end of the. nose 11 is in a plane above the adjacent upper surface of the spoon. Still maintaining the upward pressure thereon, the end of the shank '8 istthen slid laterally on the spoon toward 7 the opening untilthe protuberance 10 has will tend to'spring outwardly toward its normal straight position butthe free end of the nose 11 will thenengage the upper surface of the spoon 1 and limit such outward movementqThe hook 9' is then slid rearwardly 7 relative to thespoon, whichwillcause the protuberance-lOto seat .inthe rear end of the '0pening5 where 'any'lateral movement of said M hook will be prevented by the side walls of saidopening as the remaining. part-of the inner side wall of opening 5 coacts with the other side wall of-the latter to provide abutments for theedges of the protuberance 10.

I As] the nose '11 remains seated against the I upper face ofthe spoonll whereby the broad, flat face of the shank 8 is held tightly against the lower side. of the spoon, thus preventing the hook from turning on said spoon.

with this invention will be readily understood, a-nd, although the preferred embodimentofthe invention is. as illustrated and described, it is to be understood that changes in the details of construction may be made which will fall within the scope of the appended claims. 'TWhatIclaimisfi 1 1. An artificial bait comprising a body portion having a slot ne ar one end for the passage of a hook, said body portion being further provided at a point forwardly of said slot, with a pair of communicating openings for the passage of the hook, one of said openings extending forwardly of the other,

a hook having'a shank extending through said slot, and means carried by the free end of the shank for latching the hook on the body portion, said means comprising an angularly. disposed protuberance adapted to project through one-of the communicating openings and ohaving a turned back nose of 1 0 and nose 11 of the 'hook are manipulated through the slot 7, and

less length than said protuberance for engaging one face of the body portion.

2. An artificial bait comprising a body portion having a. slot at one end and further provided, at a point forwardly of said end with a pair of openings communicating with each other at the inner sides thereof for a portion of theirlength, one of said openings extending forwardly of the other, and a hook having its shank extending through said slot and positioned against the lower face of said body portion, said shank having an integral protuberance at its free end provided with a nose, said protuberance and nose for passage upwardly through said extended opening'and laterally into and rearwardly in the other of said openings, the said nose seating against the upper face of said body portion and the side walls of the last mentioned opening coacting with said nose to prevent lateral-shift of the shank and for latching the hook to the body portion.

3. An artificial bait comprising a body portion having a slot in proximity to its rear end and, further provided, at a point forwardly of said end with apair of openings communicating with each other at the inner sides thereof for a portion of their'length, one of said openings extended forwardly of the other and arranged out of alignment with said slot, and a hook having a flat shank, said shank extending through said slot and positioned against the lower face of said body portion, said shank formed at its free end with an angularly disposed protuberance provided with a nose, said protuberance for extension upwardly through said extended opening and laterally into and rearwardly in the other of said openings whereby said nose will engage the upper face of said body portion, the side walls of said last mentioned opening coacting with said nose to prevent lateral shift of the shank and further to provide for the latching of the hook to the body portion.

' 4. An artificial bait comprising a body portion having a slot in proximity to its rear end and further provided, at a point forwardly of said end with a pair of polygonal shaped openings communicating with each other at the inner sdies thereof for a portion of their length, one of said openings extending forwardly of the other and arranged out of alignment with respect to said slot, and a hook having its shank extended through said slot and positioned against the lower face of said body portion, said shank having an integral protuberance having its free end provided with a nose, I said protuberance arranged in the rear opening and coacting with the side walls thereof to prevent lateral shift of the hooks, said nose coacting with-the upper face of said body portion for latching the hook to. said body portion-when the protuberance is extended in the rear of said rear 0pening,said fOiWard opening providing for-the passage of the pro-- tubera nce forentrance into said rear open- In test imeny whereof, I nflix my signature hereto. 1 I e LEVIN B. HUN 'I INGTON. 

